![]() ![]() ![]() She starts out as a cruel and hard girl who grows into a cruel and hard young woman. ![]() This book follows Tenar, who is a priestess dedicated to vengeful and dark gods called the Nameless Ones. As I stated in my review of the previous book, I was not expecting such a well written and engaging book as this one is. I read this and A Wizard of Earthsea after watching the TV adaption. I might need to give this book 5-stars just to escape it. This isn't one of her GREAT novels, but I might even change my mind about that, if the ideas in this book are still pounding around in the labrynths of my brain in a couple weeks. Just like the secret to writing about light is to write about darkness. She recognized, I believe, that the secret to writing about strength is to write about weakness. Her prose is very good, but her characters are amazing. She is interested in power, in evil, in humanity, in big questions and nuanced answers. She was a feminist, but unafraid to write a book both with a female lead, and a female lead who is helped by a man/wizard. Le Guin could have writen self-help and business books and I'd gladly read them. Or, rather, I have told that to SO many people I believe it is true. ![]() "Alone, no one wins freedom." - The Tombs of Atuan I adore Le Guin's voice and her soul. ![]()
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